Honest question from someone using C++, though not for systems- or embedded stuff, just for object oriented models that gotta go fast: Why is C++ not in the same ballpark, and not an alternative?
Comment on Maestro, a Linux compatible kernel written in Rust.
devfuuu@lemmy.world [bot] 10 months agoBecause rust is the modern low level systems language, which means it gotta go fast without all the freaking problems of the only other real alternative so far that was C. The languages you list don’t even play in the same ballpark.
CapeWearingAeroplane@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 10 months ago
But a kernel written in Perl would be a real achievement. Something in a whole different league.
cd_slash_rmrf@programming.dev 10 months ago
It definitely would be. Next time someone posts a kennel written in Perl I hope they specify that.